Will we ever truly be free until we can say "******" without people looking at us like white trash?
My truck had a radiator go out about a year ago. I had a Firestone near where I work fix it.
Last week, I drove into the train station and the security guard came screeching up on her little golf cart to tell me that my truck was leaking. I had it towed to the mechanic, who said that my power steering COOLER had fallen out. The moron at Firestone had put in the wrong radiator, and since there was no bracket, he zip tied the cooler to the frame.
That day when the truck was leaking, I spent a couple hours talking to the security guards (who have a BORING job,) a cute little black girl, and Hispanic or white (can't tell) guy.
So after I got if fixed, they both grabbed me and asked me to tell the story, which I did..
Then this black girl says "oh, he ****** rigged it." The other guard and I stood there with jaws dropped.. She said, you've never heard that term? I said, "yes, but not from a black girl." She said, which I thought was incredibly wise, particularly
given her young age,
"words like that only have power if we let them, if I use that term like I would any other phrase, it loses any power it might have had."
Smart girl.